Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: Great American Motorcycle Tours (Great American Motorcyle Tours) by Gary McKechnie, Peter Fonda ISBN: 1-56691-448-5 Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing Pub. Date: October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A wide variety of suggested motorcycle tours
Comment: Now in an updated and expanded second edition, Great American Motorcycle Tours by Gary McKechnie offers the reader a wide variety of suggested motorcycle tours ideal for vacationers and cyclists looking for history, excitement, and the joy of the open road. Different tours appeal to different tastes, such an Amish Country Run stretching from New Hope to Intercourse, Pennsylvania, or a Wild West Run from Livingston, Montana to Jackson, Wyoming. Each individual tour has numerous historic stops, and any attraction can be easily looked up in the index for "user friendly" cross-referencing. Overall, Great American Motorcycle Tours is an enjoyable, practical, and very highly recommended guide.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good Beginnings
Comment: I recently purchased Gary's book in the Spring of '02 for my trips to the Blue Ridge Parkway and Sturgis. It provided an excellent primer for stopping points of interest and quality local eateries. I wasn't hung up on his allowing four days to cover 200 miles, however, I looked at is a buffet in which you can pick and choose the events of interest to you. His advice on packing warmer clothing in the dead of Summer for the elevation changes was dead on. Some may call it 'common sense', but if you see reported temperatures in Asheville at 90 degrees, you may not realize you'll need a jacket and light gloves by the time you hit Mt. Mitchell. I appreciated his advice and considered it money well spent.
Rating: 1
Summary: Great Ways to Avoid Motorcycling
Comment: The foreword of the book is written by Peter Fonda. I personally fail to make the connection why the endorsement of a Hollywood actor who happened to shoot a motorcycling movie should prove the value of a touring guide. But as I tried out some of the journeys, I started to see how the whole experience, which these suggested trips cater to, is concentrated around the image of motorcycling rather than the actual experience of riding. I wasted a couple of weekends diligently following directions through Pennsylvania and up the Hudson. The book led me through numerous towns and it reserved a lot of pages for information on all the things, which you could do to avoid riding your bike - you could find listings on every thrift store, restaurant, rafting company, and even bicycle tour! available on your way. Another interesting (and related) point was the fact that the author estimated coverage of about 50 miles per day i.e. if the suggested trip was 200 miles total, you were supposed to need 4 to 5 days to cover the distance. While very concentrated on all the entertainment that could be bought along the trip, the book was not especially concerned with the quality of the selected riding. Gorgeous scenic ways were followed by long stretches of banal suburban motifs and while stuck in the stop-and-go traffic I was wondering what part of the motorcycling experience I was supposed to be exercising at the time.
This is my rendering of the qualities, which the reader needs to possess in order to enjoy the recommendations in the book: 1. Your name must be Peter Fonda 2. You must be independently wealthy since you can't both hold a job and go to all these 4-5 days trips. 3. You must be versatile in the outdoors' activities to take full advantage of all the fun that awaits you out there. 4. You need friends who would like to hear about stuff like " When I flew in that helicopter over the Grand Canyon...", and "Here is a picture of me next to an Amish farmer..." 5. You only need basic riding skills and moderate motorcycling enthusiasm.
My advice is - get a map, look for the small roads, use your common sense, and explore. Good luck out there, maybe we'll meet on the road.
 |
Title: Motorcycle Journeys Through the Southwest United States: You Don't Have to Get Lost to Find the Good Roads by Martin C. Berke ISBN: 0962183490 Publisher: Whitehorse Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1994 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
 |
Title: Motorcycle Journeys of New England by Marty Berke, Burke Martin C ISBN: 1884313450 Publisher: Whitehorse Press Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
 |
Title: Going the Extra Mile A Handbook for Long-Distance Motorcycling and Endurance Rallies by Ron Ayres ISBN: 1884313396 Publisher: Whitehorse Press Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
 |
Title: Proficient Motorcycling : The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well by David L. Hough ISBN: 1889540536 Publisher: Bowtie Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
 |
Title: Motorcycle Camping Made Easy by Bob Woofter, Bob Woofter ISBN: 1884313337 Publisher: Whitehorse Press Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
